GGGGRRRRRRRR mad

I'm having a BAD day today.  My nerves are on edge again.......had panic attack on Tue and feel one more is iminent

Any way all holiday I have let my 2 children look after the gang.  Makes them feel they are doing something good and they are learning from it.
Today I thought it was about time I checked the girls over, so then thought I may as well clean them out.  (they were done last week)
Found WORMS

I am so cross with myself although they are very small worms, I feel I have let my girls down
I have the flubivent and so will start treatment in a bit, they're in the garden at the moment.
I am just so mad with myself.   Call myself a chicken keeper

Hey, it happens, but I know how you feel, I was the same when I realised  we had red-mite. 
You have spotted it and are treating it, they will soon go and everything will be back to normal. 
Not worth getting in a tiz, honest 

Until you find them, you don't know they've got them, so you can't be mad at yourself for that.

The worst thing is having to treat them for 7 days on a pinch of the stuff each 

Rob

I too know just how you feel...  I had my first ever most AWFUL infestation of red mite this summer... I felt I had really let my girls down especially as one was looking very pale and sorry for herself..... I felt dirty, I felt my cats and dog were dirty and my house too....  After a BIG sort out and cleaning us all up and out, we are all back to normal and I will not let this ever EVER happen again.   Now with more regular dustings and Poultry Shield squirtings, my girls are happy as Larry... and laying brilliantly.   (Cats and dog never did know what all the fuss was about.... they never so much as saw a mite!  I just worried in case they might!)  We do our best, and if things go a bit wrong we learn...  and THANK GOODNESS for this site and all our friends with their help and advice

Don't beat yourself up about it. You have noticed it now and are dealing with it. What more could your chooks ask?

There is a school of thought that regular worming can increase worms immunity to the products and therefore, animals should be wormed only on suspicion or proof of worms. Depends on who you ask. How often you worm also depends on how you keep your animals and your own opinion.

Bless you all with your kind comments.  I have calmed down now 
The chucks started their treatment yesterday and have had some today.
Silly me I did get in a right old tizzy. 
Never mind all is well this morning so far.  I opened the shed up to find 4 hens in 1 nest box?  Wouldn't mind but they have 2 boxes.  Oh well did make me giggle

Thankyou all for being such kind people x  sam x

bit like me with having lice yet again . i have drowned them in diatom an althoguh some of the head lice { they have tiny lice an longer ones around thier head an neck feathers }  are still moving thier legs they cant move thier bodies as they are almost dead  . thing is my dogs keep scratching and i havent noticed fleas but i am worried i have given them the lice but with buddy my jack russell its differcult to tell at times as he has a skin itching prob anyway which sometimes the steriods cure but after the last time they never did much good .